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  1. May-23-2018, 9:10pm #1
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    Default The things one can find digging thru stuff....

    I work at Music Folk in St. Louis. A coworker was going thru old files and storage and found this today. An original 1919 bill of sale for a Gibson A2, sold for $45!!! Cool!

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    Default Re: The things one can find digging thru stuff....

    Wonder who bought it and would he be interested in doubleing his money.
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    Default Re: The things one can find digging thru stuff....

    We don't have a mandolin in stock to match it. So if we had it, it's long gone. It's possible that it was just paperwork too.


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    Kool!!!! Hopefully toomario I can get a pic of my Boat Paddle Mandolin my wife bought for me from your store. This is it’s 3rd trip to Florida with us on vacation. We are on the gulf side on St. George Island this year.

    This pic was taken in St. Augustine December 2016
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    Default Re: The things one can find digging thru stuff....

    Is the serial number on the bill of sale? You could look it up in the archives.
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    Default Re: The things one can find digging thru stuff....

    looks like 50208


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    Default Re: The things one can find digging thru stuff....

    So, anyone have an Agnes Cunningham in the family tree?
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    Default Re: The things one can find digging thru stuff....

    Quote Originally Posted by fentonjames View Post
    looks like 50208
    Close: http://www.mandolinarchive.com/gibson/serial/50209
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    Default Re: The things one can find digging thru stuff....

    Quote Originally Posted by Louise NM View Post
    So, anyone have an Agnes Cunningham in the family tree?
    Yes. She's been sitting up there for eight months now. Won't come down for anything.
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    Default Re: The things one can find digging thru stuff....

    Maybe it would be interesting for the archive to post the bill of sale, even if we don't have the mandolin itself.
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    Default Re: The things one can find digging thru stuff....

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    Default Re: The things one can find digging thru stuff....

    Love seeing stuff like that. Really adds to the instrument IMO.
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